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Translation of sounding in Spanish:

sounding

sondeo, n.

Pronunciation /ˈsaʊndɪŋ//ˈsaʊndɪŋ/

noun

Initial soundings among potential investors have gone so well that the company expects to list towards the upper end of the price range of between 140p to 180p a share.

Recent soundings have suggested that clubs are evenly divided on the issue.

At the same time as the foundation trust consultation, the trust is taking soundings on whether or not it should change its name.

Moreover, the Government took soundings with the Parliament and the people of New Zealand.

However it is understood they plan to put that right and have been taking soundings in various parts of the county over the past number of weeks with a view to running candidates.

Even the Chinese government has been taking soundings on the idea of a flat tax, with leading academics calling for a reduction in the rate of tax from 45% to 20% or less.

He made up his mind to run in May but took soundings before committing himself.

The 44-year-old leader has reportedly been taking soundings from party grandees over his strategy for the election and the referendum on the European constitution, which is likely to follow soon afterwards.

But although I took soundings from friends and peers, in the end I just followed my gut feeling and did what I thought felt right.

The council was also advised of the negative response to informal government soundings.

For a minister taking soundings, home is a good place to start.

He has no doubt spent the time delving into the condition of the markets, taking soundings from business executives and consulting with his counterparts from around the world.

The trust, which has been taking soundings on possible cost cuts since January, finally brought an end to speculation on Monday when it unveiled its ‘key ideas’ to the media.

He has already said he is taking soundings from colleagues on whether or not to stand.

The Boundary Commission for England has been criss-crossing the towns and villages in the region, taking soundings before publishing draft recommendations in December.

We took soundings, and commissioned independent economic research, and it suggested a very moderate and incremental approach to this protection measure.

It's taking soundings from interested parties, with hearings starting on May 23.

Informed soundings we've taken suggest that the initial outcry may have won only a temporary reprieve.

I've taken soundings amongst the players, and while they acknowledge that the environment has changed, it's generally been a change they have welcomed.

I will have to pull together a management team of sorts and I have already taken some soundings.

2

Nautical

sondeo masculine

Challenger had been funded by the Royal Society of London to explore the depths of the world's oceans and in her voyages of 1873 and 1876 made more than 350 soundings, collecting samples and measurements from each.

A team of Navy hydrographers would be sent in to conduct detailed soundings and tidal observations of both the Koksoak River and Frobisher Bay.

But physical sounding with a line never had much of a chance as a means of mapping the silent landscape - better eyes were needed.

Operating from small rubber boats at night, the men took soundings of the water depth all along the planned invasion beaches.

With its deepest sounding at nearly 1,200 feet, it is the fifth deepest lake in North America.

The tedium of dredging and sounding very likely accounted for the high attrition of ship's personnel by desertion.